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E, this one has always struck a powerful chord within me. Hearing it read does it even more.

You always amaze me with your writing, you know that by now, don't you?

It's just the way you say so much with so few words. "Sewn-eyed darkness"-- wow! The image there is enough to wrench your gut. And the parallel to the elephant graveyard... makes me have to sit back and take a deep breath.

I sort of feel like you rushed through the reading of this, though. Or maybe my mind just needed a longer pause in order to soak it all in. Still, it's a beautiful poem, read in a beautiful voice.

haha This is my submission to the poetry carnival Ringing of the Bards this week, which I nearly forgot. At the absolute last possible moment, I recorded this and sent the link to the host... hence the hurried reading. I'll re-record it in a few :)

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Traveler of a winding path, content in my journey, unconcerned with the destination. Spiritual, not religious. Quirky, but not quite odd. Named for the place I come from, and which I'll likely never see. Trying to change the world one little bit at a time...